From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 12 22:15:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A87A15000 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 22:15:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crbowman@erols.com) Received: from crbowman.erols.com ([209.122.47.155] helo=fermion) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 128dXG-00063a-00 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:15:07 -0500 X-Sender: crbowman@pop.erols.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:14:21 -0500 To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Christopher R. Bowman" Subject: Re: Encryption rules changes coming up - win for open source In-Reply-To: <200001130201.DAA62690@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> References: <85j9fc$1mso$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 03:01 AM 1/13/00 +0100, you wrote: >Matthew Dillon wrote in list.freebsd-hackers: > > The last two paragraphs are the most relevant to us. > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-encryption.html > >Hmm. These paragraphs don't sound that nice: > > [...] complex restrictions still affect programrs and > others who want to exchange programs or source code to > write programs. > [...] ``The bad news is, if you want to send an encryption > program outside of the United States, you still need to > hire a lawyer,'' Davidson added. > >But then, at the end: > > People posting ``open source'' programs would be required > to send the code, or a Web site address where the code was > displayed, to the government. > >Basically, does this mean something like >tar cf - /usr/src/crypto | mail president@whitehouse.gov >? :-) The last paragraph would be a step in the right direction but still seems silly. What are they going to do with it? I would really like to see people educate them on the stupidity of sending code to Washington. I think it would be neat if there was one of those blue ribbon campaign where on a flag day every one put all the open source encryption programs they could find up on their web pages, and then sent them to Washington, one to a floppy disk/envelope. It would be kinda neat if 1, 5, 10 or even a hundred thousand little envelopes with 1 floppy a piece showed up it the appropriate Washington office on the same day. Wonder how long the silly send a copy to Washington rule would remain after that. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message